Year 3

I belong to God’s family.I have responsibilities

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT OURSELVES?

• God made each of us• We were all made in God’s image• Although we are all different, God loves each

of us more than we can understand• God wants us to understand the gift of life

given to us• God wants us to understand and love the body as a gift

WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT

• We are all different heights

• Our height continues to change as we grow

We are all different weights…

• This doesn’t matter to God

• God still loves us!

We look different…

• What we look like doesn’t matter to God

We can all do different things…

• God loves us no matter what we can do

Some of us are stronger than others…

• God still loves us the same!

WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT

• BOYS (MALES)• GIRLS (FEMALES)• This is called our

GENDER (or our SEX)

• Eg. The sex of the baby is male or female

• When the world was created, God put two types of people on the earth

GOD LOVES BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS EQUALLY

HOW DO GIRLS’ BODIES LOOK DIFFERENT FROM BOYS’ BODIES

What is different?

WORDS WE SHOULD KNOW, WORDS WE SHOULD USE…

• It is important to call things by their real name

• Breasts

• Penis/Testicles

• Vagina

• Bottom (everybody’s got one!)

OUR BODIES ARE OUR GIFTS FROM GOD…

• Our bodies are our own• We should love and look after our bodies by

eating good food, exercising and getting a good night’s sleep, getting hugs and breathing

WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO TOUCH OUR BODIES…

• Because our bodies are our gift given to us from God, we can choose who can touch them

• No one has the right to touch us in places we don’t allow them

• Our bodies are a gift, others should respect our gift!

WE ARE GROWING UP…• We are getting taller• We are getting stronger• We are becoming more responsible for

ourselves• God’s plan for us is to grow upBIRTH TODDLER CHILD ADOLESCENT ADULT

BECOMING ALIVE• God is very clever in the way we

were created• All the growing that we need to

survive is done in the 9 months in our mother’s tummy

• Words we need to know:o Sperm o Eggo Womb (Uterus)o Umbilical Cordo Breast Fed/Bottle Fed

MEANINGS OF THESE WORDS• SPERM: the sex cell that

comes from the male• EGG: the sex cell that comes

from the femaleEGG + SPERM = NEW LIFE

• WOMB (UTERUS): inside the mother there is a cavity where the baby grow. It expands as the baby gets bigger.

MORE WORDS…• UMBILICAL CORD: the special cord that

attaches the baby to its mother. Food and nutrients necessary to survive inside the womb travel through this cord.

The baby’s wastes are also delivered Back to the mum for her to get rid of.

BREAST FED/BOTTLE FED• Either way is fine.

FAMILY STRUCTURES…• Like us, families come in all different shapes

and sizes• Some have a mum and

dad• Some have step mums

and dads• Some have single parents• Some people are

adopted, • Some people are

fostered

Either way, God loves us all

REMEMBER…• God loves you because you are

special• Boys and girls are different but

God loves them the same• We should use the correct

names for our body parts • No one has the right to touch

our body if we don’t let them• God loves us no matter what

our family structure